The Soviet state, the essence of which was the denial of law and the subordination of legislation to politics, was considered the dictatorship of the proletariat, based on violence and not limited by any laws. At the same time, the bulk of the repressed, without committing criminal acts, were brought to justice through direct objective imputation because of their «dangerous state» determined by their social origin, religious rank, etc.  Obviously, such persons, being victims of the political arbitrariness of the totalitarian regime, cannot be considered as subjects of crimes. In accordance with the norms of international law, such persons are equated with victims of crimes, which, of course, requires their full legal and political rehabilitation. Throughout the entire period of its functioning, the Soviet state, which acted as a force hostile to the idea of an independent civil society, the observance of obligations within the framework of international law, impeded the implementation of civil.